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WMTW NEWS 8 POLITICAL REPORTER
PAUL MERRILL TELLS US WHY
DEMOCRAT EMILY CAIN SAYS THIS
TIME IS DIFFERENT.
REPORTER: TWO YEARS AGO, EMILY
CAIN LOST THIS RACE BY FIVE%AGE
-- BY FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS.
SPEAKING WITH US IN HER ORONO
HOME, CAIN SAYS EVERYTHING IS
DIFFERENT NOW.
>> THE LAST CAMPAIGN,
ADMITTEDLY, WAS HEAVILY INFORMED
BY THE NATIONAL AGENDA NATIONAL
DEMOCRATS.
THIS TIME, IT'S NOT.
THIS TIME, THIS IS MY CAMPAIGN.
REPORTER: CAIN ANNOUNCED HER
PLANS TO CHALLENGE BRUCE
POLIQUIN AGAIN IN 2016 FOUR
MONTHS AFTER HER 2014 LOSS.
SOME CRITICIZED HER FOR JUMPING
RIGHT BACK INTO THE FRAY, BUT
SHE TELLS US SHE DIDN'T WANT TO
WASTE ANY TIME.
>> YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY TO BUY
MORE TV OR SEND MORE MAIL, BUT
YOU ONLY GET SO MANY DAYS, AND
I'VE BEEN SPENDING EVERY DAY
CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE ACROSS
THE DISTRICT.
REPORTER: CAIN HAS WORKED AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AND SPENT 10
YEARS AS A STATE LEGISLATOR.
REPUBLICANS SAY CAIN'S WORK
EXPERIENCE IS THIN.
SHE DEFENDS HER RESUME.
>> I HAVE WORKED FULL-TIME,
PART-TIME, AND MULTIPLE JOBS AT
THE SAME TIME JUST LIKE PEOPLE
ACROSS MAINE.
REPORTER: IF CAIN IS GOING TO
WIN THIS RACE, SHE'LL NEED THE
SUPPORT OF MORE THAN JUST
DEMOCRATS.
SHE POINTS OUT THAT SHE WAS ABLE
TO WORK WITH A REPUBLICAN
ADMINISTRATION IN AUGUSTA.
>> WHETHER IT'S GOVERNOR LEPAGE
OR DONALD TRUMP OR ANY
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, THE KEY
TO BEING A CREDIBLE LEGISLATOR
IS BEING SOMEONE WHO CAN AGR
AS LOUDLY AS THEY DISAGREE AND
NOT MAKE IT PERSONAL.
REPORTER: IF VOTERS SEND HER TO
CONGRESS, CAIN'S WORK WILL HAVE
TO FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING THE
ECONOMY OF MAINE'S MOSTLY RURAL
SECOND DISTRICT.
>> WE NEED TO FIGHT AGAINST THE
FREE TRADE DEALS THAT HAVE LEFT
US WITH EMPTY PAPER MILLS.
REPORTER: SHE SAYS THE PATH
FORWARD INVOLVES STRENGTHENING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FINDING NEW
WAYS TO BUILD ON THE MAINE
TRADITIONS OF FARMING, FISHING,
FORESTRY, AND MANUFACTURING.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO
LOOK EXACTLY LIKE IT DID BEFORE,
BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE
PIECES.
REPORTER: RIGHT NOW, POLLS SHOW
POLIQUIN IN THE LEAD, BUT CAIN
SAYS POLLS DIDN'T PREDICT THE
OUTCOME TWO YEARS AGO, SO SHE'S
GOING TO JUST KEEP WORKING HARD
EVERY DA
>> THIS IS A RACE THAT'S GOING
TO BE TIGHT TO THE END.

Two years ago Maine's Dem. Emily Cain lost the race to Congress by five percentage points. Now running for the second time against Rep. Representative Bruce Poliquin, Cain explains how this time is different.

Two years ago Maine's Dem. Emily Cain lost the race to Congress by five percentage points. Now running for the second time against Rep. Representative Bruce Poliquin, Cain explains how this time is different.